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side entry toilet fill valve
Plumbing  •  238 views  •  0 answers

Side entry toilet fill valve making a hissing air sound and water dripping slowly into cistern and once over a certain level, dripping into toilet bowl. Will cleaning the filters on the fill valve resolve the issue/best to get a new fill valve/could it be something else.

Repressurising boiler without a filling loop or valve taps
Heating & Gas  •  238 views  •  0 answers

My Vaillant Ecotec 24 boiler needs repressurising as the pressure is at zero. It looked simple to fix by turning the service valve handles, according tutorials. However, there are no handles on my boiler. Neither is there a filling loop. Tracked down service valve handles but cannot see how to …

Standing water in bath plughole
Plumbing  •  238 views  •  0 answers

Hi - I’ve just moved in and had slow draining issues which are now sorted. the bath seems to be draining fine but when I look down the plug hole, I can see standing water about 2 inches from the plug hole grate. Is this normal or should there be …

Rimless Pan - Flushing?
Bathroom Fitting  •  237 views  •  5 answers

Hi everyone, As part of a recent Bathroom and WC refit we had two Nuie rimless toilet pans installed. Both are connected to new dual flush (3/6L) concealed cisterns. (fitted inside wall mounted cabinets) The problem we have is that, even using the full 6L flush mode, the water doesn't …

Faucet connector
Plumbing  •  237 views  •  0 answers

Bought a tap from Homebase and has a plastic facet connector.... Can anyone tell me how to remove the thing.... I have a photo ..if you Google US Patent number 9212474 B2 someone has posted about it ....many thanks

Boiler water pressure has gone too low?
Heating & Gas  •  237 views  •  0 answers

Hi I have a main eco compact 25 Combi boiler the water pressure has gone to low I now have no hot water and no idea how to bring the pressure back up

Unsightly pipes, scorching & cracking of plaster & skirting
Heating & Gas  •  236 views  •  0 answers

I’ve just had a new boiler and replacement radiators fitted in a newly decorated and plastered house. As I feel that the gas safe registered heating engineer’s work is untidy, I was dismayed when I saw it. Unfortunately, he has utilised part of the old, (unsightly), painted pipework, so that …

Outside tap in townhouse
Plumbing  •  234 views  •  0 answers

Good evening all. I desperately want to fit an outside tap in our rear garden. Easily enough I hear you say! Unfortunately we live in a 3 storey townhouse and the only water supply is in the kitchen on the 1st floor. Can I run a pipe from the kitchen, …

Moving mixer tap, no room behind Belfast sink
Plumbing  •  234 views  •  0 answers

My mixer tap is moving, I want to tighten it up. The unit the sink sits on leaves no room to get your hand up behind the sink to the bottom of the tap. So my question is can I disconnect the waste pipe and pull the sink out in …

One tap noisy
Plumbing  •  233 views  •  2 answers

The sink tap in the bathroom make a noisy whooshing noise when open. Every other tap in the house does not. any ideas

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